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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

Special Correspondence of the NEWS:
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 20, 1857
1t is now generally believed that the
President has concluded that there will
be no necessity for an extra session of
Congress. He has continually express
ed himself as opposed to an extra ses-
sion, and has concluded thai call of
Congress is not at all necessary and has
so expressed himself to several prom
inent men who have conversed with
him upon the subject. The fears of
the New York fnanciers that there
was danger of a stringency in the mon
ey market, has alone caused the adj
ministration to consider the demands
for an extra session, and these fears
have been dispelled by the Comptroller
of the Currency who states that the
business of the country is in good con-
dition generally. A safe and salts
factory business is being done, and
there is nothing to cause an apprehen-
sion of any finacail disarrangement.
Since the issue of silver certificates
commenced few months since, silver
coin has accumulated in the Treasury
at such rate as to by far exceed The
storage capacity of the silver vaults,
and there is at the preSant time up
wards of $50 600, 900, IN coin, packed in
kegs and boxes, and stored in the cor
ridors in the basement of the building.
A guard, armed with Winchester
repeating rifles is maintained night and
day in each of the Railways leading to
the treasure. a large force of work
man are engaged in constructing a
vault for the reception of this coin, but
although the work is being pushed
forward night and day, il will neceSS-
aTily be several months before the vault
will be completed. and in the mean time
the guard will be retained in the hall
ways.
During the recent visit of Mr.. Jay
Gould To Mount Vernon, he learned
that the Mount Vernon Association
were anxious to purchase a tract of
ground adjoining the old Washington
homestead. The land in question had
recently been placed upon the market,
but the financial condition of the AS
sociation was such as to prevent them
from making the purchase, and it was
feared that the opportunity offered to
add to the size and attractiveness of the
grounds would have to be abandoned.
Mr.. Gould listened attentively to the
statement of the case, and few days
after his departure, the officers of the
Association received a communication
from him i'll which he stated that he
purchased the coveted land, and that
as soon as the necessary transfer papers
could be executed, that he would pre-
sent it to the Association.
Notwithstanding the exceedingly
warm weather which has prevailed
during the week, there appears to have
been no diminution in the activity of
real-estate and building interests. EX-
tensive transfers of both city and sub
urban property are reported daily, and
several extensive apartment houses
are being commenced. The Hon. Levi
p. Morton of New York has purchased
valuable site at the corner of III and
and Fifteenth streets and will at once
commence the erection of an apartment
house which will cost several hundred
thousand dollars. H.
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A Pet BIue-jay.

Olive T. Miller in the atlantic writes
of her feathery pet as follows: When
he has more of any special dainty
than he can eat at the moment, as meat
or bread and milk, he hides it at the
back of his tray. And when outside
nothing can be drolIer than the air of
concern with which he goes around
the floor, picking up any small thing
he finds left purposely for him, a burnt
match, a small key, stray pins, or a
marble, and seeks the very best ana
most secluded spot in the room in
which to hide it. A pin he takes
lengthwise in his mouth, which he
closes as though he had swallowed it,
and at first l feared he had. He has
no doubt about the best place for that;
he long ago decided that between the
leaves of a book safest. So he pro-
ceeds to find convenient volume and
thrusts the pin far in out of sight. A
match gives him the most trouble.
He tries the cracks under the grooves
in the moulding of the doors, the base
board, between the mating and the
wall, or under rocker; each place he
puts in carefully and pounds it in, then
hops off, attempting to look uncon.
cerned, as if he had not been doing
anything.
But if he sees that he is observed or
the match is too plainly in sight he re-
moves it and begins again, running
and hopping around on the floor with
the most solemn and business-like air,
as though he had the affairs of the nation
on his shoulders, the match thrust
nearly the whole length into his mouth.
The place usually decided upon is an
opening between the breadths of mat
ting. 1t is amusing when he chances
to get hold of box of matches, ac-
cidentally left open, for he feels the
necessity and Importance of disposing
of each one, and is busy and Industrious
in proportion to the task before him.
1t is not SO pleasant however. when in
his hammering he sets one off. as he
often does; for they are ''parlor
matches" and light with small ex-
plosion, which frightens him half out
of his wits, and me as well, lest he
should set the house afire. The bust
ness of safely and securely seereting
one match will frequently occupy him
half an hour.
He finds the oldest hiding places,
as in the caster between the wheel and
its frame; up inside the seat of stuffed
chair, to reach which he flies up on the
webbing and goes in among the springs;
in the side of my slipper while on my
foot; in the loop of a bow; in the plaits
of ruffie; under a pillow. Often when
get up shower of the jays treasures
falls from various hiding places about
my dress-nails, matches, shoe-buttons,
and others; and l am never sure that
Twill not find soft, milk-soaked bread in
my slipper. But the latest discovery
and most annoying of his receptacles
is my hair. He delights in standing
on my shoulder, and he soon discovered
several desirable hiding places con-
venientfy near, such as my ear and
under the loosely-dressed hair. / did
not object to his using these, but when
he attempted to tuck awaysome choice
thing between my lips rebelled. I
never expect to find keyhole that he
can reach free from bread-crumbs,
and the openings of my waste basket
are usually decorated with objects half
driven in.
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The Author of s.The Leavenworth
Case.''

Anna Katharine Green, the author
of The Leayenworth Case" now
lives in South Brooklyn in a cosy little
brick house something after the Queen
Anne style, where, as Mrs. Rolls, the
name by which she is known outside of
her novels. she manages to vibrate
between writing-desk and nursery in
the same CHEEKY, comfortable fashion
in which most literary women who
are at the same time mothers of fami-
lies do.
How did you, being woman,
come to be SO web up in detective
cases?" she was asked the other
day.
II don't believe I could tell you,'
was the reply. 1T may seem q strange
confession TO make, coming from a
woman who has written more detect
i've stories than anything else, but l
was never inside of courtroom in
my life. l never knew a detective,
and never had any personal expe-
riences that would give me knowledge
of matters of that sort.
How can yof write inteIligently,
then, of the tricks of trade that you
have not learnedPs
II do not know. 1t has seemed TO me
instinct always When ! first thought
of writing it was the unrayeIing of
the clues that would lead to the detec-
ton of crime that seemed the sub
iect that was made for me. carried
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saIamanders.

Two giant salamanders, said to be
the first that ever visited this country,
have arrived at the Messrs. Reiche's
from Japan. They came in a tIfb
with an oblong bottom on the steam
ship Elbe, and the only Information
which accompanied them was that they
were specimens of the cTytobrd1schus
1lGIinlus. Young Mr.. Reiche drew on
his knowledge of natural history and
on all the libraries for facts concern
ing the newly arrived creatures, and
if only small part of what he found
concerning them is true they will never
be generally introduced as pets in this
country.
This is the creature of which Pliny
believed, or at least wrote, that it was
so venomous that it was able to des-
troy whole nations unless they looked
out, and that it was so cold that it put
out fire by contact with the flame.
Cuvier wrote that the salamander had
the reputation of being able to ''not
only come safe and sound out of the
flames but even extinguish them"
Even in this age the prevalent notion
as to salamanders is that they inhabit
fireplaces, bonfires, and other places
where promoters would have to be
used instead of thermometers.
The two salamanders now in this
country are kept in tank of water
and not in fiery furnace. At little
distance they resemble the indolent
three-foot catfish that live in the slug
gish waters of the South, and from
which the indolent darkies cut strips
of bait as they need it and then turn
them loose to grow more bait. Their
thick, matted, warty, and Shiny skins
suggests Smyrna rug of subdued pat
tern in brown and black They have
four legs, with five toes to the leg, but
their legs don't amount to much for
pedestrian purposes, and are used as
a seal uses its fiippers. The head is
shaped like the toe of medium round
shoe, and the tail is thick and wedge
shaped. The small, dull eyes, can be
distinguished among the warts by
looking closely. There are two rows
of small, sharp teeth in each jaw.
The salamanders eat raw beef and
seem to enjoy it. 1t is said that the
giant salamader grows to the size of
an adult crocodile, and Mr.. Reiche
will watch with considerable interest
the development of these infants.-Nes0
York. Sum-
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the germ OF 'rhe Leavenworth Case in
my mind from the time was fourteen
years old. When the time came to
write it, couldn't help doing So"
"You never made any study of the
phases of actual criminal life, then,
for the color of your talesp"
mot especially, no. When 1 have
wished to describe the robbery of
bank, have gone to look the entry
and exits over, so as not to make mis-
takes which would be absurd to bus
mess men. In writing up long trial,
as in one of my books, have studied
the statutes, not to be out of way in
my law. But as for studying crimi-
mails from the life, have never done
that at all. 1t was one of the prom
ises my husband made me before we
were married that he would take me
through the quarters to see something
of low life in New York, but somehow
we have never found time after all.
Human nature is much the same in
everybody; a criminal is man or a
woman, and as for the details of de-
tective business, put my wits at work
and let my scouts do exactly as under
the same circumstances / would do
myself. "-Ne1o York Letter to SGUGas-
nah NelOS.
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THE CARBONDALE
Something Definite Regarding This
important Railroad Project.
The Lease Ratified by the Directors Of
the Union Pacific Railway Co.,
And the Lawrence, EmpOria & South
western Road a Fixed Fact.
Work to be Commenced Immediately
and to be Rapidly Completed.

We learned Tuesday from Col. II. C.
Cross that the board of directors of the
Union Pacific railroad company have
ratified the lease of the Carbondale
road to the Lawrence, Emporia &
Southwestern. The lease is for term
of ninety-nine years, and the terms are
considered favorable. This transac-
ton has been hanging fire for quite a
length of time, and the news will be
greeted with gladness by our citizens.
The more so, as we are informed by
Col. Cross that work win be commenced
at once and the road pushed to COM
pletion as soon as possible.
This news is reliable, as it comes di-
rect from Hon. Charles Francis Ad-
ans, president of the Union Pacific
company, now in Boston.
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VIII Wayman of Admire City called
at the News Office yesterday while in
town:
R. B. Shepard and family have re-
turned from their visit to friends in
Madison.
Miss Minnie Lockerman and Miss
Halle Soden left last evening for the
country to spend a few days visiting
with friends.
Dan Bitter of BitIertoWn was in the
city Thursday on business with parties
on East street.
w. L. Wilder and wife, w. G.. GeIi
ter and wife and Lille Wagner came
in from the country Monday and reg
istered as guests at the Hotel Coolidge.
The Rev. E. w. Richards has re-
signed his pastoral care of the Welsh
Baptist church ON Constitution street.
So far his successor has not been APP
pointed.
John Richmond, who was adjudged
insane and sent to the asylum about
two years ago, but who was afterward
released, was again brought in from
the north part of the county Thursday
morning. He is in worse condition
mentally than before
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GRAND FOURTH OF JULY ,CELE-
IgRATION,

At Wells Ford, One-and-a-HaIf
Miles Northeast of EnpOrIa.
There will be a procession formed on
Commercial Street, between Fourth and
Fifth Avenues, at half-past nine
o'clock.
PROGRAMME.
E. N. Evans. President of the Day.
w. Barngrover, Marshal.
Music by the Martial Band
Reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Song, the Star Spangled Banner, by the
Quartette.
Speech by AL. +. FlorY.
Music by the Band.
Song, America.
Speech by Judge Culver.
Music by the Band.
Song, Red White and Blue.
Music by the Band.
Basket Dinner.
AT o'clock dancing will commence.
Other amusements will be furnished.
y good time is expected. All are in
vited to come and bring full baskets
and help celebrate the glorious Fourth.
A transportation line will be estab-
lished between the Missouri Pacific
depot and the grove, fare ten cents.
Ample accommodations in the grove
for hitching teams; no extra charge
good water close by. The order of
march will be hereafter designated.
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE
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READING NEWS.

JUNE 2S.-Mr. Dodge and family
have moved into the DR.. RouP house.
They come from Montgomery county,
Kansas.
DIR. Morrison is confined to the house
by sickness. He is attended by doc
tors Biddle s. Biddle. 1t is thought he
will be out soon.
The mother and sister of Eli Patter-
son are here ON visit. They are from
GTeencaStle, Indiana.
The men that are working with the
steel gang have to go nearly to Horton
nowadays.
ChiIdren's day at the NJ E. Sunday
school passed off nicely. The church
was finely decorated with shrubbery
and trees from the woods, which, with
the beautiful flowers and singing birds,
made one feel almost as if they were
IN the grove
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Econo,,,c.I Presidanta.

There seems to be some conflict in
opinions among writer's for the press
just now about the amount OF money
Mr. Cleveland is going to accumulate
in his Presidential term. One writer
the other day declared that the Presi-
dent was finding the expenses of his
position worse than the salary; an
other says, on the other hand, that he
will go out with about $1,000 saved
out of his salary. The fact is that
neither of them knows anything about
the matter. Mir. Cleveland is not tax
ing every newspaper man into his con-
fdence about his private affairs. He
is undoubtedly able to live within his
income, and with what money he had
when he came here and the growth in
value of what he has purchased, it is
not improbable that he may go out of
the White House with about 800, 600
IF he does, it viii put him Just about
on a par in the matter of wealth with
the average retiring President. Some
of them had more than that, but a
good many had less. AS rule the
average President is not much of a
financier. and if he accumulates wealth
it is because it gravitates towards him
by the attraction of high position.
President Arthur was a very high
feeder and spent great deal of money
on his table. but he managed to save
about 500, ZOO. Garfield was not in
office long enough to save much
money. He left about $4,000, and
the gifts Mrs. Garfield has received
have made her a wealthy woman.
Mrs. Hayes ran the financial end OF
the house during Hayes administra-
ton, and that she is financier IS
proved by the amount saved out OF his
salary.
Grant never saved much of his
salary, but the generous gifts of his
| friends made him independent. He
/ lost his all in the Grant-Ward failure.
The sale of his book has placed his
| wife in an affiuent position again.
When Andrew johnson left the
White House he had about $l50,00o,
a good deal of which was lost by the
| failure of the Freedmen's Bank.
| Buchanan left over $250,000 to hi:
nephews and nieces.
| Pierce did not do as well. Fifty
| thousand dollars was his limit and nj
one to inherit it.
Fillmore left the White House {
poor man, but by a second marriage
became wealthy.
John Tyler went to the White Hous'
a poor man, but he managed to saw
enough out of his salary to live il
comfort.
James K. Polk left about $150,000
As he had no children Mrs. Polk re
ceived it all.
Martin Van Buren, did not saw
much out of his salary, but left $500,
600.
Andrew Jackson was counted a ric
man in his day. The Hermitage
which he left to his adopted son,
now the property of the State.
James Monroe died in New Yor
i. | insolvent.
OF the earlier Presidents, Washing
ton was the wealthiest. At his deaf
his estate was valued at 100000.
, Adams was poor, but by his wise
able management he never suffere
} want.
! When Jefferson entered the Whit
| House he was a wealthy man, but h
/ lost all his property and died inso
2 vent.
Madison was wealthy when he b.
7 came President and left handsom
estate, which Mrs. Madisons Sol
3 Payne Todd, squandered, and left ht
: poor woman.-JGckSonUtt (FtG
NeUS.
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THAT murder will OUT was never
much better illustrated than by the
case developed in our midst regarding
the body found in the Cottonwood
river. Without visible clue of any
kind, seemingly, has the crime been
traced to its perpetrator, and the pros
poets now are that he will speedily be
brought 20 justice. Both the murderer
and his victim were from the state of
Missouri, which has n death penalty
law which murderers dread In Kan
sas it is different. Here the chances
that a murderer will be executed for
his crime are about on "A par with his
chances of being stricken dead by
lightning-with the edge in favor of
the lightning. Moral: Missouri muir
derers come to Kansas when they want
TO kill. 1t is safe.
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DEMOCRATIC papers are becoming
uneasy because the G. A. r. posts are
seriously talking of holding their re-
union in some city where they viii not
be annoyed by efforts to make polit-
zeal sideshow out of it for the benefit of
man who has done all in his power to
show his contempt for them and the
cause they shed their blood for. If
Cleveland persists in attending the re-
union at st. Louis, let there be no re-
union at st. Louis except between the
rebel brigadiers and his copperhead
eXcellencY.
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The Nfurderer DI.eoyered

In our telegraph columns viii be
found dispatch from Kansas City an
nouncing the discovery of the identity
of the murderer of z. S. Baxter, the
unfortunate man whose body was
found in the Cottonwood river on May
2Sth. The suspected party is John
alias ''Den'' Smith, a sort of a chum of
the man who was murdered. The
only thing now to be done is to catch
the murderer.
One month ago to-day the bloated,
CHASTITY corpse of an unknown man was
found floating in the waters of the
Cottonwood river with nothing on his
body that would testify to who the
man was and who it was that COM
mitted the murder. To-day the facts
are known all over the country. The
development of this case is due to the
skill and shrewdness of our sheriff,
Mr.. White, who deserves great credit
for his success, and it is to be hoped
that lie viii meet with equal success in
the capture of the accused.
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Mr.. Jacob o. Jones has let the con-
tract for opening a coal mine on his
farm, twelve miles northeast of the
city, to Mr. Shinkins, who has resided
near the land for number of years.
Mr.. Shinkins informed Mr.. Jones Mon
day that he had raised load of coal in
another part of the farm several years
ago and reports the quality first-class.
The prospects of this place for good
supply of coal is excellent and win be a
great boom to our city. We viii give
our readers more details as the work
progresses.
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Lady Buffers picture entitled "a
sketches taken on the spot. The lady,
during her stay at Wady Halfa, was
present at the burial of young En-
glish officer two hours after his death
in the wilderness. The incident fur
nished pathetic theme. The dark
figures of the Arabs, the numerous
camels. the fair-faced Englishmen pay
ing the last homage to their comrade,
lent varied picturesgueness to the
subject. The picture was painted in
Dinant, in Brittany, where General
and Lady Butler intend to spend the
summer.
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ChurcI, DedIcntaon.

On last Sunday the Elmendaro Pres
byterian church was dedicated to the
worship of God. Rev. DR.. Hendy, of
this city, preached the sermon to a
crowded house. A debt of 5000 was
promptly met, so that the building was
freed from all encumbrance before it
was set apart to its sacred uses. 1t is
probably the neatest and most tasteful
country church in Lyon County. 1t
cost in all about So, 900, and is monu-
ment to the liberality and public spirit
of the people of that community. Rev.
G. p. Graham, the pastor, has been I'M
firing in his efforts to rear this edifice,
and to his zeal in the good cause is
largely due the great success that has
crowned the efforts of his people. He
was ably seconded by those generous
brothers, Levi and Fred Dumbauld,
without whose liberal aid the work
could not have gone On so splendidly.
The REPUBLICAN congratulates the
good people of Elmendaro Township on
the possession of such handsome and
commodiouS place of worship.
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Deash of FREQ Ixurtzen.

Fred Kurtzen, one of Lyon County,
Oldest citizens, died Friday after
noon at his home on Dow Creek, about
eight miles north of this city. Funeral
services were held at the family resi-
dence Sunday at O'Clock p. m, after
which the remains were conveyed to
the Americas cemetery for interment.
He leaves a wife and large family of
children, some of them grown, with a
large circle of friends to mourn his
death. His disease was tumor of the
stomach. from which he had suffered
for some time. He was good citizen.
kind and obliging neighbor and those
who knew him best viii most regret
his death.